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• TRUMBULL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the commissioners hearing room for their weekly meeting. • CHAMPION TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will have a special meeting at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the township hall to approve a contract for the Ohio Patrolmen Benevolent Association. • WARREN CITY COUNCIL will meet at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal justice building with caucus at 4:15 p.m. • WARREN-HOWLAND JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT will meet at 3 p.m. today at the county planning commission conference room. • BROOKFIELD BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet ...

5 dead in attempt to save swimmer in an Ohio river

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POWELL (AP) — Five people have died on a river in Ohio after several of them went into the water to help another person who was struggling to swim, authorities said Monday. A motorist called 911 after spotting a frightened child with the group who was running along a nearby road to seek help, Delaware County Sheriff Jeffrey Balzer said at a news conference Monday. The group had gathered Sunday along the Scioto River in the Columbus suburb of Powell when one of them went into the river for a swim. “And that’s when the tragedy started to occur,” Balzer said, adding others who ...

Senators demand answers from ICE after fatal shootings

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of Democratic U.S. senators and the Independent senator from Maine pushed for more details Monday from Immigration and Customs Enforcement about the agency’s vetting practices for new agents and how officers conduct vehicle pursuits, even as they demanded that body cameras be swiftly rolled out to all officers. The demands came in a letter spearheaded by Maine’s Independent Sen. Angus King, signed by 38 Democratic senators and sent to the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE. The demands follow two deadly shootings in which ICE officers ...

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• LAKEVIEW BOARD OF EDUCATION will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the high school media center. • TRUMBULL COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Personnel Committee will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the planning commission office for an executive session on appointment of public employees. • CHAMPION TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the township hall. BRISTOL TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the township hall. • BRACEVILLE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the township hall. • TRUMBULL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will meet at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the ...

Five die trying to rescue struggling swimmer in Ohio river

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POWELL, Ohio — Five people have died on a river in Ohio after several of them went into the water to help another person who was struggling to swim, authorities said Monday. A motorist called 911 after spotting a frightened child who had been with the group and was running on a nearby road, Delaware County Sheriff Jeffrey Balzer said at a news conference Monday. Two children under age 10 have been placed in the care of family services, the sheriff said, including the child who ran for help. The group had gathered Sunday along the Scioto River in the Columbus suburb of Powell when ...

Andy Burnham becomes new prime minister of United Kingdom

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LONDON (AP) — Andy Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester and new leader of the Labour Party, took the final steps on Monday to succeed Keir Starmer and become Britain's seventh prime minister in a decade. The affable Burnham returned to Parliament in June by winning a risky ...